Imprinted paper



rammed Apr. 10,1928.

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mmm Pam Application aies December 21,1925'. .serm1in.'7s,so7..

My invention relates to imprinted papers,

an article of manufacture, as a class.

One feature of my invention relates to paper particularly adapted for'wrapping' purposes with 'an imprinted background and imprinted designs,characters or labels thereon all resulting 'froma single coloringvliquid pressed into the paper: with different Fig. H is a plan view`ofalli-ke. portion Y .20 showing the reverse 4side thereof.

.Like characters referto like parts in the vlews.

The paper 1 has a primary lightest tint 2 which is the same as thatofthe bathin 2.5 which it is immersed. The second tint 3 isf abackground. printed about the IabeL'char'- acters or design, and thethird tint 4 forms a body tint surroundingv the'design background andits the pa er lllustrated is preferabl printed or co or'ed by use of aprocess w ch I now employ, the same will be explained. f A Ybath isprovided and in connection therewith is a 'roller apparatus, consistingof a lower roller and an 85 upper opposing roller with mechanism tocompress the rollers into snug engagement a with each other. The lowerroller isof some -resilient material. The upper one is of metal and hasrecesses 40. therein. Plates having a desig'nor charac- -ters engraved-thereon of kindto that shown in the figures are secured inthe rollerrecesses with a margin left about the plates. Theseplates are with their4I surfaces a!A pre-determined slight distance beyond the surface planeof annum. A

selected color liquid 'isfplaced in the bath. l

The surface of the liquid is. generally below the roller' intake. Thepaper, in strlp rolls,` is-passed into the bath and immersed soas 5to'absorb the liquid throughout its texture and passes Ifrom the liquidbetween the rollers and thence preferably between wringer rollersoutwardly to a drying place. As the paper, saturated with the colorliquid, passes throughthe imprinting rollers, the portion thereof overthe engraved desi n or characters, and the margin, being w ere thetint 2is shown, is not engaged bythe rollers or plates,.and the tint 2 remainslike that of thebath liquid. The4 plates,'ex tending be'- yond thelroller surface Theremainder ,of the roller surface plane, exerting adiminished pressure upon thepaper, imprints a tint 4, lighter than tint3 and darker than the bath tint 2. The making of all three tints from asingle coloring liquid occurs simultaneously as the paper passes throughthe imprinting rollers. The' process is extremely rapid,'economical andeilicient.

plane, imprint 'adarker background -tintjabout the' design.

The paper thu's manufactured is ofvery attractive nature and affords anunlimited field for advertising bythose using ,wrapping paper, and at aneconomical price.

e'articlehas been manufactured, proven to be practical and has beenreadily and exf tensively accepted by-users as a new and article intheartand trade, andjsuch 1t 1s.

`Iclaimz- A' paper dyed vthroughout its structure and havingv a dyeddesign'thereon, differing in its-color appearance from 'the rest 'ofthe' dyed paper surface, the paper having .the dye pressed into it overapproximately its whole surface with the same dye' in the design as inthe rest of` the paper, but with diii'erent degrees o f pressure,said'design beingvisib'le on both surfaces ofthe p aper.

. DANEL D. MADDEN..

